West London Waste Plan
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Adopted Plan July 2015 West London Waste Plan A Joint Waste Plan for the London Boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond upon Thames and Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation Adopted Plan July 2015 This is the adopted version of the Plan. West London Waste Plan Adopted Plan Executive Summary 1. For some time, both the European and UK Governments have been concerned that we are sending too much of our waste for disposal – not enough is being recycled and re-used. 2. Consequently, every local authority must produce a plan detailing how it will deal with waste generated in its area over the next 15 years. These plans make up a part of the authority’s Local Plan and show which factors they will take into account when deciding on whether to grant planning permissions for new waste management facilities or extensions and substantive changes to existing ones. 3. In West London, six London boroughs agreed to co-operate to produce a single waste plan for their combined area that now forms part of each of their respective Local Plans. It also forms part of the development plan for the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC). 4. Preparation of the West London Waste Plan involved a number of stages and these have included evidence gathering, technical assessment and public consultation. This adopted Plan includes modifications made to the Proposed Submission Plan that underwent independent examination between July 2014 and March 2015 and was found sound by an independent Planning Inspector in March 2015. 5. In London, the Mayor set out in the London Plan (adopted in 2011) projections of how much municipal waste and commercial and industrial waste is likely to be generated in the capital over the next 20 years. Each borough was allocated an amount of London’s waste that it is required to positively plan for and manage. This includes ensuring that sufficient capacity is identified to meet the apportioned targets in the London Plan (2011). By each borough meeting its apportionment, London will dramatically reduce its reliance on landfill and move towards being net self-sufficient1 overall. 6. The West London Waste Plan: • details the estimated amounts for the different types of waste that will be produced in West London up to 2031; • identifies and protects the current sites to help deal with that waste; 1 ‘Net self- sufficient’ means that the equivalent of 100 per cent of London’s waste will be managed within London i West London Waste Plan Adopted Plan • identifies the shortfall of capacity needed over the life of the Plan (to 2031); and • allocates a set of sites to meet the shortfall which are preferred for waste related development. 7. This Plan has been prepared with the objective of ensuring consistency with national Government policy and general conformity with the London Plan (2011). 8. All policies of this Plan will be taken into account when decisions are made on planning applications for waste development along with any relevant policies in each borough's development plan. 9. The Plan comprises seven sections, covering: i. An introduction to the West London Waste Plan; ii. The Vision and Objectives of the Plan; iii. How waste is managed at present; iv. An explanation of what will be needed in the future to manage waste; v. Details of the sites identified for future waste facilities; vi. Policies to guide the determination of planning applications for new waste facilities; and vii. An explanation of how implementation of the Plan is being monitored. 10. The existing sites and additional sites allocated in the Plan are set out in the tables below: Table i: Existing waste sites allocated in the Plan Site Site Area Name Borough Number (ha) 352 Twyford Waste Transfer Station 1.24 Brent (OPDC)** 1261 Veolia Transfer Station, Marsh Road 2.71 Brent 309* Greenford Reuse & Recycling Site 1.78 Ealing 310* Greenford Depot, Greenford Road ii West London Waste Plan Adopted Plan Site Site Area Name Borough Number (ha) 328# Quattro, Victoria Road, Park Royal 0.7 Ealing (OPDC)** 222 Council Depot, Forward Drive 2.31 Harrow 331 Rigby Lane Waste Transfer Station 0.91 Hillingdon 342 Twickenham Depot 2.67 Richmond Total 12.32 *These two sites are contiguous and part of a larger site: for the purposes of the Plan, they are considered as a single, consolidated site **Falls within the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation area # This site is subject to a High Speed 2 (HS2) Safeguarding Direction and will not be available from 2017 until 2024 Table ii: Additional sites allocated in the Plan for waste management uses Site Name Site Area (ha) Borough Number 2861 Western International Market 3.20 Hounslow Total 3.20 Combined Total Area = 15.52 hectares iii West London Waste Plan Adopted Plan Contents Executive Summary ......................................................................................................i Contents.......................................................................................................................iv Figures & Tables .........................................................................................................vi Maps of Allocated Sites .............................................................................................vii 1 The West London Waste Plan .............................................................................1 1.1 Preparation of the Plan ......................................................................................... 1 1.2 Why Is The West London Waste Plan Needed?.................................................... 2 1.3 Relationship with Other Planning Strategies and the Plan’s Status ....................... 4 1.4 Sustainability Appraisal and Other Assessments .................................................. 8 1.5 Community and Stakeholder Consultation ............................................................ 8 1.6 Proposed Submission WLWP ............................................................................... 9 1.7 Planning applications for waste management facilities ........................................ 10 1.8 West London Waste Authority ............................................................................. 11 2 Vision and Objectives of the Plan .................................................................... 12 2.1 Vision............................. ..................................................................................... 12 2.2 Strategic Objectives ............................................................................................ 12 3 Existing Waste Management............................................................................. 13 3.1 Existing Waste Management............................................................................... 13 3.2 Municipal Solid Waste ......................................................................................... 13 3.3 Commercial and Industrial Waste ....................................................................... 15 3.4 Construction, Demolition and Excavation Waste ................................................. 15 3.5 Hazardous Wastes .............................................................................................. 16 3.6 Wastewater and Sewage sludge ......................................................................... 17 3.7 Agricultural Waste ............................................................................................... 18 3.8 Radioactive Waste .............................................................................................. 18 3.9 Cross boundary Movement of Waste .................................................................. 19 3.10 Role of Landfill in the Management of Residual Waste ....................................... 21 4 Future Waste Management ............................................................................... 23 4.1 How much waste will need to be managed in West London? .............................. 23 4.2 How much capacity is needed? ........................................................................... 24 4.3 What kind of facilities will be needed? ................................................................. 29 4.4 Construction, Demolition and Excavation Wastes ............................................... 29 4.5 Hazardous Wastes .............................................................................................. 29 5 The Sites ............................................................................................................31 6 West London Waste Plan Policies .................................................................... 39 6.1 Policy WLWP 1 - Provisions of New Waste Management Capcacity………………39 6.2 Policy WLWP 2 – Safeguarding and Protection of Existing and Allocated Waste Sites ....................................................................................... 40 6.3 Policy WLWP 3 – Location of Waste Development ............................................. 41 6.4 Policy WLWP 4 – Ensuring High Quality Development ....................................... 42 6.5 Policy WLWP 5 – Decentralised Energy ............................................................. 46 iv West London Waste Plan Adopted Plan 6.6 Policy WLWP 6 – Sustainable Site Waste Management ..................................... 47 6.7 Policy WLWP 7 – National Planning Policy Framework: Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development ................................................... 48 7 Monitoring